Abstract
The authors reviewed the medical records of 33 patients diagnosed with idiopathic phrenic neuropathy and found that 17 patients had clinical features of neuralgic amyotrophy. They concluded that a careful clinical and electrodiagnostic evaluation may implicate neuralgic amyotrophy as a causative disease in patients with apparently isolated phrenic neuropathy.
MeSH terms
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Action Potentials
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Adult
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Aged
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Brachial Plexus Neuritis / complications*
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Brachial Plexus Neuritis / physiopathology
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Electrodiagnosis
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Female
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Humans
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Infections / complications
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Myocardial Infarction / complications
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Pain / complications
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Phrenic Nerve / physiopathology*
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Postoperative Complications
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Respiratory Paralysis / etiology*